The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-29 00:00:00

TO i'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SIR, Sept. 27, 1809. In a Morning Paper, of the 7th of September, a Letter was addressed to the Editor, signed Scill/TA.• Ton VERI, on the subrea of the•,rents of Hack ney Coaches. Whether theinquiry proceeded from a laudable motive, or was intended - to convey an un just in,itivation, is•best knownto the Author of it ; Whdtcvet Might be its motive, it was grounded on ,ery erroneous premises, as the Com'tnissioners do not receive the rents, they being paid to the Re ceiver in his own Office ; add he is incapable of waking the sincivil answer imputed to him. By the original Ate, gth, of Queen Mine, -a weekly ditty_ of five . shillings, was imposed,' payable every four weeks; and by the 24th of George the Third, an additional, duty of five shillings More ; bat these two duties are quite distina, are 'kept in separate hooks, requiring distina certificates,' paid in'distinel' sums into the Exchequer, two sePaiaie . tallies given for the payment of them, and they aie Y by' apprcf= priated to distinct and separate Ands and purposes. When this measure first took place, •separate re ceipts for the old and new .duties were prepared brit by the unanimous request of the Owners to the, Receiver of that day, they were discontinued ; and ' the praetice of giving only one receipt has ever since prevailed, being both - paid' at the same time. Many of the Owners decline taking any receipt at all, being satisfied with seeing their payments duly entered iri a book. Every person paying money is ceciainly entitled to demand a receipt;. but I believe they are not compellable to take'them : the number issued every four weeks is 1100, or; in every year of thirteen months, 14,300. Hoping this will prove satisfactory:; I am, Sir, Your humble servant, A. B. • MAILS. AaArvap—l Cadiz, r Flushing, t Dublin. Duz—i Got tenburgh, 3 Waterford. • THE SUN. SOLEM 4UIS DIdERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDQ.N, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1809. We understand that Lord GitExvit i t.E, in prompt obedience to the summons which -he had received, • arrived in town this morning. Lord GREY, as we apprehend, does not quit ,Torthurnberlapd. We shall abstain from any comment upon the condua of these two Noble Lords upon this occa- s:on. - - This•rnorning4e-received Spanish .Papers to the Ith.inst. • We are happy to .find that a division of General 4LAKE'S army has succeeded \ in thrOving a reinforcement into Gerona, and a very.considerable supply of warlike stores and proviSions: There is no other. intelligence of importance in these Papers.--, Mr. Pn EraE hal his audience of leave of the Supreme Junta'on the 24th uit. It 1 ;11a$ been statee, on the authority of Letters , .t: `' • frgrol3ayonae, that the French have sent very large reinforetmmts of troops into Spdin. These rein forcements, -in some of the.accounts, are said AO amount to 40,000 men, but this, we balie no doubt' is a very greaf 'exaggeration. • - Yesterday, .at,two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at The,Vortign Office, which sat till half 'past at. which were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls CAMDEN, CHATHAM, WiSTMORLAND, HAT,- RoWBY, and BATHURST, Lords MULGRAVE andLE VESON GOWER, and the CHANCELLOR .Of the Ix . PHECLUER. Parliament was yesterday prorogued by Commis si;ql in the , usual.fOrm, to Thursday the 2d of No-' vernber next. 'The Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls CAMDEt‘i and BATHURST. The Co.:irnons were repreSenttd by Mr. Lai', jun. and t ie Officers of the House. Yesterday her Royal Highness the PriNcess •o \VALES ,entertained' the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Duke of BRUNSWICK, the 'Duchess of BRUNSWICK, Countess of EFFINGHAM, Lady CH AR LOTTi . EINDSAY,. Sze. with an elegant dinner, at her seat at Blackheath. granted for the exportation to France of :British -manufaaures, and colonial pro duce ; and also' for the importation from the ports of _France, of grain,. corn, ,flour, meal, and •burr ;tones. l'he licenses 'for exportation to the Dutch ports, are extended-tb the 2tl, day of o..aober inclu• sive, so as to . time for vessels already partly :laden, to cornplefe their cargoes for the ports of their destination. • The . latest letters from Bcdajoz state, that it was hisrhly probable another. engagernerit.wOuld speedily take place betweep:the, British and. , fench armies. The French appeared resolved to make themselves Masters of Ciudad . Rodrigo, arid . Lord WELLINGTON was determined to oppose the attempt. :All persons absent from the army were ordered to, join forth- The .Letters froth Malta, by the Mail, are of the 8t h of August, and froth Gibraltar, of the iQth in- stank. The following is an Extract of a Letter from Matta : "-MALTA, AUGUST,O, 77 4 ha7e only time to tell you, that we yesterday received letters from Fiume, of the oth hp,ta . nt, .down to which date the French bainot mmle their- appearance, nor were bey ex , peak!. r.l:hpart - nistice was to e_pir•O on the 13tli, 40 it vas . getierany believed that hostilities would recommence, as outn , nse levi . Ps had been direaed to rn be a,:e3, including all men, capat4iii hearipa arm s, f,. ,- % , 1 - up to illt.ag. o( torty-five : It Is adeivd, that the same measu r e s have been r.vie throughout France pted . . . . . . .... .. ... ... and lialy : !! - SPANISH PAPERS ':,SEIAILLE, SOT. fi.—The satisfaaory Intelligence has bez:n officially received,' that_ a division of .4AKE's army; commanded by Don JAYI4E GAM, bas succeeded in breaking the enemy'S line, and en-. tered Gerona with provisions and warlike stores for that admirable place. .The generous movements of the inhabitants of the Pyrenees, continue with una bated vigour and perseverance, and.had not the im portant forf.reSs of Java, through cowardice, fallen into the enemy's hands, those gallant:mountaineers; supported in their movements by that important place, and led on by the worthy Chief who com mands them, would, perhaps, by this 'time have carried their vielorious banner's to the banks of the Ebro . and Navarre ; Arragon would have been a second time indebted, tothem for their liberty. — (Government Gazette, Sept; 12.) ALICANT, AVG. 29. —By a ship, which on the 27th of this month arrived here from Tarragona, in telligence has been received that on the 13th and 14th of that month 5,000 horse passed through that place for Gerona, and that positive ihformatibn had reached. Tarragona, that provisions are very scarce in Barcelona ; that the enemy sustains great losses in his inroads into the country, and that the French troops are in great distress. On the 23d inst. entered this port, his Majesty's sloop 'Carolina, Don JOAQUIM MoLina, Comman der, of eight gtins and eighty men ; and the brig Palomo, Don Disco ChI,LVEDO ) CoMmander, of 16 guns and 100 men, which bring from Cadiz a mil lion of reals for this kingdom, and another million for Tarragona. On the 26th inst. arrived here from Carthagena, his Majesty's polacre, N. S, del Carmen, Don JuArr NAVAIiRETE, Commander, of 10 guns and 70 men, with gun-powder, 'balls of every calibre, bombs, grape-shot, and other warlike stores, and provisions, for Gerona and Tarragona; they have all sailed-for -their places of destination. .SEVILLE, SEPT; 6.—lt appears by.reports.trana mitted by the superior Provincial Junta of Arragon, that the, battalion commanded by Don ROMAN GAYON - lately attacked the 'enemy, who occupied With'd fot l ce of 300`inen: Our gallant,coun trymen. Opened' 'their fire upon the French, who withstood it for half an hour, and then took to a disgriceful flight, leaving the conquerors' in posses- S 101) Gf the greatest part of tlieir baggage: They Supreme Committee of the Royal and dis- tinguished Spanish Order of CHARLES 111. Wye una- nitnously voted t 0,000 . ducats of the money lately received from America, to be applied to the suppOrt of the widows and orphan's of that anconquerable place Gerona. On the 24th of last month h's Excellency, Mr. PRERE, who, with such ardent zeal for our nation it glory and ipdependen. e, performed the functions of his. Britannic Majesty's Minister with the Supreme Junta of Government, had his audience Ofleave. ,The Junta of . the Province of Gnadalaxera has. been provision.illy established . in Siguenza to orga-, nize the patriotic insurreClion and general armament in that province. The people conform themselves enthnsiasin to, every measure which the Junta thinks proper to 'adopt. All the Young men.-assem ble in Si - c - nenia and Molina, in which places a fine corps of 25P horse has already been . formed. In Upper and Lower itioja; the same ,patriotic ,zcal prevails, although the' latter is completely surrounded by the enemy. General D'AGOUNT, .the ',French' Governor of Navarra, having 'con demned four Sr i )aniards to suffer. death, on ,a . charge of their having 'murdered aTreoch Serjeant, - and given public notice of the execution *of his san gumary order, Don MARIANO RAMALIER, Com ), mander in Chief of the , Spanish troops in . the mOun talus of Arragon, for hisAlajesty FERbINAND VIT . has issued a, Proclam4tiOn, in answer to the.former, which contains the ,foll Owing articles I. MANUEL ANTONIO GRUYER, THoS. 'PERICAE JUAN SEAUBIER, FRANcOIS DESUIX, and AtIGUSTE DE LA CoLomnt ERE, all agents of the French, shall be conduaed by my troops to •the camp of Erigorria, and being placed in a position facing Madrid, look ing to their king pipe-B9ltellas, (JOE-BOTTLE), they. shall hear the, sentence of death pronounced, and being afterwards ordered to face Pamplona, they shall he beheaded, and their bodies suspended from . gibbets, on the road which leads -to Madrid, with the following inscription on their backs - :—" Agents of the French banditti, punished by - Spanish justice." 11. Should the intruded King, Generals D'AGOULT and LOMET (who commanded in Jaca), or any other person, abuSe his authority, 'to take away the life Of any Spaniard, we shall order double the ntinlber of Frenchmen who are in our power to be beheaded.— (Seville Gazette.). _The Cv7i;pallis transport, Capt. R. STOREY, has brought home the following officers from Lord WELLiNGros's army :-. 7 Lieutenant GEORGE FITZ CLARENCE, Of llle Ritir ; * colonel SAUNDERS of the Gist Lieut.-Colouel HENEBER, Hon. Capt. Liam,. .P6l. TAYLEK, aud Litkut. POWELL. - NAVAL NEWS - - PORTSMOUTH, 'SEPT. 28.--,Ariived filis day, thA Salsette, of 38 guns ; Buceplia/us, of 3? guns ; Opossum brig, oflo guns; Persian schooner, of 10 - guns ; and the Superb, or 74 guns, from the f ast ward. Also, the Speculation, WHEALEII; and No. thers,-You s Ayr, from Cork. The outward-bound Mediterranean convoy are only waiting here fora fair wind. No sailings. DEAL, SEPT. 28.—► Came down from the River the Admiral Colpoys, Latona, Golden Grove, and Leviathan, and remain. P. S. The Latona has just sailed for St. Do- ming°. FA Lmourn, Sirr. 26.—Ari - ived the Duke of Kent Packet, Captain COATS WO RTII, in t.c.. , :days from Cadiz. YARMOUTH, ,SEPT. 28.—The King George and .Auckland PacketS arrived end landed Mails and Pas sengers, here yesterday.--They, bring the intelligence of the conclusion of a Peace bet wee'!' Rusia and Sweden. Capt. SA g NDE lIS Of the Kizi U:':;rge died during the passage. SHEERNESS, SETT. 29:—Sailed his Majesty's ship Rainbow, Capt. WooLviti)GE, for the Downs. The following particulars are given in a letter from a respedable house at New York, dated Au gust '4.'3. " We are in hourly expeaation of the arrival of Mr. Jackson, your Envoy to our Goveinnient, who is to patch up the matters in dispute between Eng land and us. Some persons, when they heard of the non-ratification of Mr. Erskine's engagements, wete,,as you know, extremely violent, and were for immediately dispatching Mr. Erskine back to Great Britain. " When they first learnt that it was expeaed that matters could be composed, and that Mr. Jackson was appointed to try his hand at another treaty, their rage seemed to increase : but refieaiijna good deal' cooled them - , and they began to open their eyes, and, to see their own ,real interests.- - "How much more to our mutual advantage would an honourable peace be than' a bloody war, which could henefit neither of us. This must lie plain to every man .of common sense. " According to‘the.date when Mr. Jackson sailed frotriTtigrand to negociate here, he ought by this thine to have arrived. Some letters'are reported to say, that he_ has already reached Baltimore; but this account has been so often repeated that we are com pletely tired or it. - - . • " Notwithstanding the .ferment 'the ;condu& of your Cabinet at fiat created, now people have had time to consider of it, the general disposition of their Minds is -pacific ; and Mr. Jackson will, 1 dale say,, set things in a right .point of view." Yesteiday the new Slieriffs, of London and Mid dlesex were sworn into Pffice at Guildhall; :Alder man 'WOOD, the , Senior Sheriff; gave a 'very sump tuous dinner to - his friends at the City of London' Tavern, which, for variety and 'elegance- of fare,' has not been surpassed for many , years. Mr. Alder man . W6ob - and . Mr. Alderman ATNisis both; dis- , • played very magnificent and tastefuk_carrlaggs.,: but' that of Mr. WOOD, in particular, is allow e d by tlie• artists and eckindisseurs to exceed all past exititotions 'of this .nature in richness . and It ig a side= light chariot, ;finished, in a, most superb style of fashion.. The body, represents a display of ,rich Mosaic shell-work on' asilv'er grodnd, most, heanti.-ful in itretiedt, appearance, and singularly/not/4We, In the. front, side, and hind 'parts, is a rich pinn ing of the Civic arms' and supporters, highlj ~Ztribt:ta‘ zoned. In the blck ground are the Sheriff's fainily arms, surmounted with handsome. designs of knW tary and naval-- : bennersr-a-ad w - arlikeiristranents, the whole overhanging the.principal space on all the pannOs, and executed in a. masterly 'style: - The or-' - • narnental parts are of gold and silver, relieved 'in a very fanciful and unique style with gree'n and orange, correspOnding with the livery. 'lle wheels are carved in—varlous parts. Patent- axletrees. - The hoops of•• the wheels 'are silver, and' 'handsomely chased,: . • • • Mr. Alderman ATKtNS gives - his dinner to-mor row, at the London Tavern. The company is ex peCted to be bOth brilliant and numerous. By letters from Lisboti we have received •tbe fol lowing particulars .respeCting Lord WELLINGTON'S army :!---‘ 4 The army are hutted. 1 - I,ead-quarters at Badajos.._: —General SHERBROOKE:S division extends 'from Loban to Merida ; a.brigade of German artille ry is at Loban ; a troop of horse artillery at Merida; and a s k() some cavalry ; General CRAIA'FORD'S light' brigade of infantry is at Neisa and: Portalegre ; an other division of the army is near Campo Mayor and Albuquerque ; the 40th garrison Badajos, 'and the 27th is et Lisbon ; a park of artillery (foUr brigades) is encamped near Badajos. 'The convalescent sick are at Elvas—the worst cases are sent to Lisbon ; the . light•cavalry is at Villa Viciosa and the neighbour- , hood. The army is extremely sickly,—about 7000 sick, wounded, &c. The light cavalry is almost dismounted; a remount of horses for the 14th and 16th arrived from England, under Major ARCHER. That fine regiment the Ist, or Royal Dragoons, commanded by that excellent Officer Gen. SLADE, landed and marched into Belem- (ten days from Cork) 700 strong, in high . order. Scarcely a trans port in,the Tagus, and only the Badleur and' Semi ramis ships of war." In the very great scarcity of medical men in the army, direCtions have been given to - hire all private praetitioners. London physicians get two guineas per day, And surgeons and apothecaries in .propor tion. Captain Shearman, Barrack-Master at Harwich, and several other Gentletneu of that *department, are ready to embark from that port in the next packet for Flushing, to arrange and establish barracks there, upon the usual establishment, and under the same reotriaions in this country, MADRAS PATERS. CALCUTTA,. APRIL 25.—The Embassy to tbel Court of Cabul continued to receive the most .coot" teous.hospitality and respest. On the 13th Marel Mr.!-Elphinstone had a private audience of his Me jesty; at which he was received with much politeness , dnd,was repeatedly urg ed by the King to accotit' laany.him on his intended voyage to Cabul. MADRAS, MAY 15.-. We stated in our last, on tbe, authority of a native newspaper, that Soojalio Moolk waslikely to be immediately called awal from Peshore by an insurreaion in the neighbour' hood, of Heral, which has recently assumed a very formidable aspect. It now Appears, however, that the danger was considerably nearer. Mahmod Shah, half brother to his Majesty, and a rival candii date fox the Mosnud, having colleaed a very power' ful rebel force in the north, bad aaually mad e hint' self master of Candahar, and (at the date of our last 'accounts) was understood to be in full march 'against the capital. - The news had excited very great conste rnat i o n o' Court ; and it was the general opinion , th a t th e most energetic measures would be necessary, and that itz all likelihood the Shah might yet have to fight ar other battle for his crown. A diplomatic mission from the Seiks, consistig, of 1.5 persons, arrived at Attock, th e l a tt er en d 0 1 February, charged with some communications to the Court s ot Cabul. Four of the number had actuallf reached Peshore. LJYERPOOL, SEPT. 27. This town is at present remarkably full ° L visitors, and indeed its improvements within the las t fifteen years may well render it a scene of gaiety 3 , well as ,of commerce. It . has certainly increase ( ' more than half in size within that period, a nd 0 considerable degree of taste and elegance is V,;ble in all the new buildings. The Exchange and The Lyceum are strutlures that, p.owerially attest .tll liberal spirit, as well as classical taste of Liverpool, Our Theatre is in a flourishing state, and Mr s ' JoaDAN's talents . have been received with such %° 3 . 4 lous ',encouragement as to shew that judicious cr l • ticism is not Confined to the metropolis. floi theatrical company in geperal is much more rer•PeC' able than is usually found on a provincial stage. 0 • DIGNUM has been here with what he . calls Eccerztrie Traveller, and he has had no reason (0 tri o dissatisfied with his reLption. He had nearly s° , d persons at his performance on Tuesday last at s' 4 Assetubly Rooms But what Imention with pec t : l :l liar pleasure % , vas - the'abirnatec zeal of the audience"; joining with loyal spirit in (f Ood save the .K-1, 11 P,s which concluded the entertainment. bor.( (.;, genuine' loyally may be considered as a sure sign the people of this place will heartily unite in Mal Jesting an equal spirit on the fiftieth anniversary a good Monarch's Accession to the Throne—an a n Diversary that ought indeed to 'be Ilailed as 3 JUb ik c i i by a people who look on their own cohldition, contemplate the enslaved . state of the Contitle,o'' It has been urged as an objeaion, by some a,'Aver he saries of the Covent-Garden proprietors, that . t he Public had no choice in their nominatioo of ut Committee who are to investigate ttie , -...e5t,00 ° the Theatre ; but, as the Public have the fulle'et son to : approve, of the - choice, stith an Ohjletio l3 have no weight in just and candidminds.. UK". the same principle an obit;aion as been rn 2c t ' against the AnnUarßoxes,-at4B if haS been said, ri' e its the Publicis.on one*Siflearid the' Manokers other, the concurrence' of both was neuessar; such an. arrangement-. ! Rut if , the Prop not found , it.. necessary to . secure an indent to such on extent against the .caprices', Qf and the casualties_ to whicli .theatrical froPP I % is . Shatile, would the Public have insured., full company -eve , ry • night "to that space in W e 'Theatie motives'of allowable Prudenc e ; has, beet} allotted to . these .boxeS ? 'There is still st. 3l ' ficient room in the 'Theatre toran. who are,w the glierakfiabit of visiting, t lie brit'es, and after the a „trai*,4 : any. novelty has ceased, there is too often a beggarly account Of empty" seats.,., It 'has -observed in a Moinitig Paper that ,thtS 'approprititiO H of bwies lb a private class of people tends to pYodn ce ' invidious. distioCtions -in socit.tv. This atgunter' t ' .however, can have little force, as the z. , ,radatin s 111 ; the price of admission rnust,have the same effect, 10 ' , „ the.osnal visitors of the galleries never think of into the boxes, and to all persons who waybetter the i condition in,lite, every part o f a Theatre is still. °lli TheAnestion then is, , wh et h e r the Preptietoti raise a magnificent Theatre for the accommodati° 9 nt'e Public and the credit of national taste, and be obliged to open it at a less interest for their- rno'f e Y' by one half, than is usual in Mereantil, concerns 'and be exposed besides to, nqinberless A . libt2ral people. like those of thitr country canno t hesitate a moment' on a question of this froore and,if the Committee should decide,iii;if ; y o ur ot I cit e ' Proprietors, it may reasonauly be presumed tha' the re-opening of the Theatre -the lat!er. wilt be a ' much applauded by the Public - . air the superb editiO watch they have. raised, as they were before assn lei upon erroneous conceptions of intended impositio n. A DUEL.—Early yesterday morning a , due l tooK, ' place In a field near Charlton bet weed a Mr. F. an 4 a Mr. J. both gentlemen of considerable fortune/ and rr,.sicling in that, neighbourhood. It Otiginii:O k on Tuesday evening in some' insults offered by 01 ' 1 ' former to a young lady, who was then under prOteEtion of the latter,. between G re en w ich al" ,Woolwich. Mr. J.-having insisted on an iintnedi:o4 apology being made to the lady, - Mr. F. refused to do, and a ,flieeting Vi , as_the result, After th e first fire, the seconds interfered, and. the - parties rts - ' tired frofn the ground good friends: • ef Yesterday a young Gentleman, passing ai° ll " Cheapside, dear King -street, during the proce , sicl i of the: Sheriffs elea. to Guildhall to be sworn into office; had his pocket picked ef a valuable gold watch chain, and seals. He telt the watch drawn not of hiS fob, but the thief got clear off wi t h hi s prey. The circumstance of the committ a l o f Mr. Ql l3ra to prison, in default of his finding instant bail, fo c ,an assault on a city waiter;- by putting him ou t of a private room in which Mr. O'Hara and a Lady *'ere :at'supper, has been already laid before ate , pq b ! liC• bill di indiOment which) was in cunier" " •prefet'red against M. O'Hara has been rejet:led by 'the Grand Jury at ace last Quarter Sessions , for th city of Lundon. Gil ar S